- Discuss among themselves what they think about themselves? - their own cultural identity.
- Instigate discussion of the broader theme that we are all immigrants - from the "Indians" until more recent arrivals - All Americans are immigrants -it's simply a matter of when we came here. An inclusive theme
- Stimulate research in other places who're largely settled by immigrants in comparatively recent times - say w/in the last 1,000 years (i.e., Australia, Central & South America, Iceland, the Pacific Islands)
- Research groups currently in America
-Prepare questions for interview
-Definitions
- America has the most ethnically diverse population of any nation on earth
-students play oral history tapes they've made of discussion w/ their relatives.
Field Work
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- Talk with relatives
Discuss the history of immigration to the US
Discuss
-Research history of immigration to America - from the 3 waves of "native Americans" through the:Colonial period, the Westward expansion, the waves of 1848, 1860, 1910 to present time - from where they came.
-Research the current ethnic make-up of America today through people's ethnic ancestry
-Examine the history of how immigrants were 'welcomed' - the nativist tradition and assimilation
-Research how America has adopted the foods and cultural elements of its newcomers
-Visit Ellis Island
-Interview foreign born workers in town.
Social and economic inmigrants composition. What places of United States inmigrants settled.
Representation
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Students look for photos of ancestors
Investigation
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- nationality vs. ethnicity
- develop questions that link the reason why immigrants settle in certain locations (antecedents, geography, economy, etc.)
- e.g., A child born in the US w/ East Indian parents has a American nationality, but is of Indian ethnicity
- People have migrated all over the world, throughout human's deepest history
- show maps depicting the movement of early humans out of Africa, east to Asia, then north to the Middle East and Europe, and then from Asia to the Americas
-Research how DNA analysis has helped us better understand the places that are represented in our genes (e.g., National Geographic's project)
Display
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- Family history
- Family tree
- Color code survey (see Interactive Activity under Presentation)
-Research about the original conuntries.
-Display demographic and nationality maps of America today - where we came from (e.g., % England, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, China, India, Mexico, etc.)
-Excerpt clips from films dealing with the immigrant experience, e.g. (The Perez Family, Gangs of New York, Far and Away, etc.)
-List foods (w/ pictures?) we take as everyday today, but have immigrant roots (e.g., bagels, tacos, pizza, hot dogs, fried chicken, etc.)
Beginning
Developing
Concluding
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- Instigate discussion of the broader theme that we are all immigrants - from the "Indians" until more recent arrivals - All Americans are immigrants - it's simply a matter of when we came here. An inclusive theme
- Stimulate research in other places who're largely settled by immigrants in comparatively recent times - say w/in the last 1,000 years (i.e., Australia, Central & South America, Iceland, the Pacific Islands)
-Prepare questions for interview
-Definitions
- America has the most ethnically diverse population of any nation on earth
.
Discuss the history of immigration to the US
Discuss
-Research the current ethnic make-up of America today through people's ethnic ancestry
-Examine the history of how immigrants were 'welcomed' - the nativist tradition and assimilation
-Research how America has adopted the foods and cultural elements of its newcomers
-Visit Ellis Island
-Interview foreign born workers in town.
.
.
- develop questions that link the reason why immigrants settle in certain locations (antecedents, geography, economy, etc.)
- People have migrated all over the world, throughout human's deepest history
-Research how DNA analysis has helped us better understand the places that are represented in our genes (e.g., National Geographic's project)
.
- Family tree
- Color code survey (see Interactive Activity under Presentation)
-Excerpt clips from films dealing with the immigrant experience, e.g. (The Perez Family, Gangs of New York, Far and Away, etc.)
-List foods (w/ pictures?) we take as everyday today, but have immigrant roots (e.g., bagels, tacos, pizza, hot dogs, fried chicken, etc.)
-Celebrate our diversity!!!
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